List of Welcome to Night Vale episodes
Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast written by Joseph Fink and Geoffrey Cranor. The series narrates the daily events of Night Vale, a fictitious town in the Southwestern United States, in the format of a fortnightly radio show. The series has been running since June 2012, with an episode typically being released on the first and fifteenth day of each month. Alongside these, there have also been several live episodes that were performed during extensive tours across Europe and North America.[1] Audio recordings of these live events have also been released. Additionally, several bonus episodes with guest writers were released during a short hiatus in November 2014.
Episodes
Main series
| Episode | Title | Written by | The Weather | Date | Running Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "These and More Than These" by Joseph Fink | June 15, 2012 | 20:46 |
| 2 | "Glow Cloud" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "The Bus is Late" by Satellite High | July 1, 2012 | 19:57 |
| 3 | "Station Management" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Bill & Annie" by Chuck Brodsky | July 15, 2012 | 20:33 |
| 4 | "PTA Meeting" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Closer" by The Tiny | August 1, 2012 | 22:53 |
| 5 | "The Shape In Grove Park" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Jerusalem" by Dan Bern | August 15, 2012 | 20:48 |
| 6 | "The Drawbridge" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Aye" by Dio | September 1, 2012 | 22:42 |
| 7 | "History Week" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Despite What You've Been Told" by Two Gallants | September 15, 2012 | 24:22 |
| 8 | "The Lights in Radon Canyon" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "This Too Shall Pass" by Danny Schmidt | October 1, 2012 | 23:52 |
| 9 | ""PYRAMID"" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Messages from the pyramid by Regis Lacher. | "Last Song" by Jason Webley | October 15, 2012 | 23:35 |
| 10 | "Feral Dogs" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "i Know This" by Rachel Kann | November 1, 2012 | 24:34 |
| 11 | "Wheat & Wheat By-Products" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Cigarette Burns Forever" by Adam Green | November 15, 2012 | 21:54 |
| 12 | "The Candidate" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Of a Friday Night" by Anais Mitchell | December 1, 2012 | 23:32 |
| 13 | "A Story About You." | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "You Don't Know" by Mount Moon | December 15, 2012 | 25:33 |
| 14 | "The Man in the Tan Jacket" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Movement 1: Invocation of the Duke" by daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra | January 1, 2013 | 24:18 |
| 15 | "Street Cleaning Day" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "A Little Irony" by Tom Milsom | January 15, 2013 | 23:02 |
| 16 | "The Phone Call" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Those Days Are Gone and My Heart is Breaking" by Barton Carroll | February 1, 2013 | 24:52 |
| 17 | "Valentine" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Neptune's Jewels" by Mystic | February 15, 2013 | 25:40 |
| 18 | "The Traveler" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Lead story by Zack Parsons. | "Jews for Jesus Blues" by Clem Snide | March 1, 2013 | 25:26 |
| 19A | "The Sandstorm (Part 1)" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Eliezer's Waltz" by Larry Cardozo and Ron Fink, performed by The Ventura Klezmer Band | March 15, 2013 | 25:08 |
| 19B | "The Sandstorm (Part 2)" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Eliezer's Waltz" by Larry Cardozo and Ron Fink, performed by Disparition | March 15, 2013 | 24:09 |
| 20 | "Poetry Week" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Additional contributions from: Trilety Wade, Russel Swenson, Vanessa Irena, Katherine Ciel, Erika Paschold, and Danielle DuBois. | "Get Me Home" by Robin Aigner | April 1, 2013 | 30:00 |
| 21 | "A Memory of Europe" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Sni Bong" by Dengue Fever | April 15, 2013 | 29:53 |
| 22 | "The Whispering Forest" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Winifred" by Seth Boyer | May 1, 2013 | 26:21 |
| 23 | "Eternal Scouts" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Too Much Time" by John Vanderslice | May 15, 2013 | 26:23 |
| 24 | "The Mayor" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Biblical Violence" by Hella | June 1, 2013 | 28:49 |
| 25 | "One Year Later" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Sunday Morning Stasis" by Joseph Fink | June 15, 2013 | 32:13 |
| 26 | "The Faceless Old Woman" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Long Gone" by Mary Epworth | July 1, 2013 | 24:57 |
| 27 | "First Date" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Team the Best Team" by Doomtree | July 15, 2013 | 31:00 |
| 28 | "Summer Reading Program" | Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Ashley Lierman | "You and I Belong" by Simone Felice | August 1, 2013 | 24:57 |
| 29 | "Subway" | Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Russel Swenson | "Poor in Love" by Destroyer | August 15, 2013 | 24:54 |
| 30 | "Dana" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "The Lethal Temptress" by The Mendoza Line | September 1, 2013 | 26:02 |
| 31 | "A Blinking Light up on the Mountain" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Never Be Famous" by Hussalonia | September 15, 2013 | 24:36 |
| 32 | "Yellow Helicopters" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Palabras de papel" by Nelson Poblete | October 1, 2013 | 28:35 |
| 33 | "Cassette" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Big Houses" by Squalloscope | October 15, 2013 | 28:06 |
| 34 | "A Beautiful Dream" | Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Zack Parsons | "Having Fun" by Tom Milsom | November 1, 2013 | 29:56 |
| 35 | "Lazy Day" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Mijn Manier" by Brainpower | November 15, 2013 | 28:40 |
| 36 | "Missing" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Peanuts" by Sam 'n Ash | December 1, 2013 | 29:29 |
| 37 | "The Auction" | Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Glen David Gold | "Absentee" by Jack Campbell | December 15, 2013 | 30:00 |
| 38 | "Orange Grove" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Black White and Red" by Emrys Cronin | January 1, 2014 | 26:55 |
| 39 | "The Woman From Italy" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Additional material by Glen David Gold. | "Penn Station" by The Felice Brothers | January 15, 2014 | 27:17 |
| 40 | "The Deft Bowman" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Additional material by Zack Parsons. | "Offering" by Black City Lights | February 1, 2014 | 29:20 |
| 41 | "WALK" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. | "What Have They Done to You Now" by Daniel Knox | February 15, 2014 | 26:21 |
| 42 | "Numbers" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. | "Keep it Coming" by Senim Silla | March 1, 2014 | 30:27 |
| 43 | "Visitor" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. | "Cover Me Up" by Jason Isbell | March 15, 2014 | 30:25 |
| 44 | "Cookies" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. | "Haunted" by Maya Kern | April 1, 2014 | 25:12 |
| 45 | "A Story About Them" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Pretty Little Head" by Eliza Rickman | April 15, 2014 | 30:25 |
| 46 | "Parade Day" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Take Up Your Spade" by Sara Watkins | May 1, 2014 | 31:00 |
| 47 | "Company Picnic" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Stupid" by Brendan Maclean | May 15, 2014 | 22:44 |
| 48 | "Renovations" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "High Tide Rising" by Fox | June 1, 2014 | 27:01 |
| 49 | "Old Oak Doors Part A" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | n/a | June 15, 2014 | 42:46 |
| 49 | "Old Oak Doors Part B" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Call Off Your Ghost" by Dessa featuring Aby Wolf and Paper Tiger | July 1, 2014 | 46:16 |
| 50 | "Capital Campaign" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor with Ashley Lierman | "Ghost Story" by Charming Disaster | July 15, 2014 | 30:06 |
| 51 | "Rumbling" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Echo in the Hills" by Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt | August 1, 2014 | 29:45 |
| 52 | "The Retirement of Pamela Winchell" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Here I Land" by Nicolas Stevenson | August 15, 2014 | 32:38 |
| 53 | "The September Monologues" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | excerpt of "Postcard from 1952" by Explosions in the Sky [2] | September 1, 2014 | 24:43 |
| 54 | "A Carnival Comes to Town" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Bremen" by PigPen Theatre Co | September 15, 2014 | 30:32 |
| 55 | "The University of What It Is" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Catfish" by Waxahatchee | October 1, 2014 | 30:36 |
| 56 | "Homecoming" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Understood" by Y.R Generation | October 15, 2014 | 31:11 |
| 57 | "The List" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Upside Down World" by Paisley Rae | December 1, 2014 | 30:23 |
| 58 | "Monolith" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Anything I Want You To" by The Rizzos | December 15, 2014 | 32:12 |
| 59 | "Antiques" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "State of Mind" by Stöj Snak | January 1, 2015 | 31:45 |
| 60 | "Water Failure" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Just Like My Heart" by Fault Lines[3] | January 15, 2015 | 29:47 |
| 61 | "BRINY DEPTHS" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "The Bends" by Doomtree | February 1, 2015 | 30:50 |
| 62 | "Hatchets" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Anarchy Date" by Queer Rocket | February 15, 2015 | 33:07 |
| 63 | "There Is No Part 1: Part 2" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Heel Turn 2" by The Mountain Goats | March 1, 2015 | 30:49 |
| 64 | "WE MUST GIVE PRAISE" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "True Trans Soul Rebel" by Against Me! | March 15, 2015 | 28:08 |
| 65 | "Voicemail" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Tag!" by Scarves | April 1, 2015 | 24:02 |
| 66 | "worms...." | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "Little Black Star" by Hurray for the Riff Raff | April 15, 2015 | 26:40 |
| 67 | "[Best Of?]" | Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor | "When Can I Say That I Love You" by Kyle Fleming | May 1, 2015 | 28:56 |
Live episodes
Exclusive double-length shows have been performed live during Welcome to Night Vale's tours. Recordings of selected performances have been posted for sale on Bandcamp and the iTunes music store. "Old Oak Doors", the second anniversary live show, was split in two and released via the podcast as episode 49 in two parts. (see above).
| Title | Written by | The Weather | First performance | Recording date | Release date | Running Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Condos" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Double Feature" by Satellite High (September 25, 2013) "Remember Us" by Gabriel Royal (18 December 2013) | September 25, 2013 | December 18, 2013 | February 14, 2014 | 56:00 |
| "The Debate" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Promise to the Moon" by Jason Webley | October 10, 2013 | October 10, 2013 | May 1, 2014 | 59:00 |
| "Thrilling Adventure Hour & Welcome to Night Vale Crossover" | Ben Acker & Ben Blacker and Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor | "Captain Laserbeam Theme" by Steve Carlsberg (Hal Lublin) | July 26, 2014 | July 26, 2014 | October 1, 2014 | 1:31:52 |
| "The Librarian" | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Cinnamon Bone" by Eliza Rickman "Sepentine Cycle of Money" by Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt (16 January 2015) | January 16, 2014 | January 16, 2015 | March 1, 2015 | 1:27:03 |
Bonus episodes
The podcast took a hiatus from regular podcast episodes during November 2014. However, they produced two bonus episodes, composed of stories submitted for a book project that ultimately was not published. A free excerpt from live recording "The Librarian" was released in March 2015 as a third bonus episode.
| Episode | Title | Written by | The Weather | Date | Running Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Minutes" | Ashley Lierman with Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Home" by Theo Adler | November 1, 2014 | 31:47 |
| 2 | "What of the Sea?" | Marta Rainer with Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | "Ruins" by Morteth | November 15, 2014 | 21:27 |
| 3 | "The Librarian" Horoscopes | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | N/A | March 15, 2015 | 7:23 |
References
- ↑ http://commonplacebooks.com/live-events/#/past-shows/
- ↑ Disparition. "WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE - EP. 53 "THE SEPTEMBER MONOLOGUES" - INCIDENTAL MUSIC". Disparition. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ↑ The music in this episode was not presented as a weather report, rather it was hold music during a call to the water department